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Descent into chaos : how the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia / Ahmed Rashid

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Allen Lane, c2008.Description: lviii, 484 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780713998436
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.557095491 RA DE
Online resources: Summary: Rashid examines the region and the corridors of power in Washington and Europe to see how the promised nation building in these countries has progressed. His conclusions are devastating: an unstable and nuclear-armed Pakistan, a renewed al Qaeda profiting from a booming opium trade, and a Taliban resurgence and reconquest. While Iraq continues to attract most of American media and military might, Rashid argues that Pakistan and Afghanistan are where the conflict will finally be played out and that these failing states pose a graver threat to global security than the Middle East.--From publisher description.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 320.557095491 RA DE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available May 2019 T0062229

Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-461) and index.

Rashid examines the region and the corridors of power in Washington and Europe to see how the promised nation building in these countries has progressed. His conclusions are devastating: an unstable and nuclear-armed Pakistan, a renewed al Qaeda profiting from a booming opium trade, and a Taliban resurgence and reconquest. While Iraq continues to attract most of American media and military might, Rashid argues that Pakistan and Afghanistan are where the conflict will finally be played out and that these failing states pose a graver threat to global security than the Middle East.--From publisher description.

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